Technology

With the online generation entering college, some key ingredients for new ways of practicing journalism are arriving with them.

‘Neither the practical (newsroom) model nor a purely academic one is ideal for either the aspiring or the working journalist.’

The challenge involves adjusting to the new rigors of the practice and getting students to think in digital ways.

In the midst of big changes in the working lives of photojournalists, a former news photographer looks at how journalism schools and programs should respond.

The clash between academic requirements for professors and the education students of journalism need to have grows more intense.

‘Creating multimedia stories will require flexibility, a collaborative spirit, and strategic planning,’ and these are essential skills that must now be learned.

With little original news reporting surfacing on this Web site, ‘perhaps an important lesson learned is that tools don't make a tradesman.’

At The New York Times, multimedia storytelling is becoming more a part of the journalism and less of an afterthought.

‘… progress in democratizing journalism doesn't necessarily translate into more or better news coverage—at least not yet.’

With video, audio and interactive data, The Associated Press makes its investigative reporting accessible, useful to other news outlets, and compelling to its consumers.